Pagan Curioser: Finding Your Own Path To Nature, Magic & Spirituality w/Debra Deangelo

What does it really mean to create your own Pagan spiritual path?Debra DeAngelo, author of Pagan Curiouser: A Joyful Path of Nature, Magic & Spirituality, joins ParaTruth: Reborn LIVE to explore Paganism beyond the stereotypes.We dive into nature-centered spirituality, magic, ritual, altars, deities, tarot, magical tools, plant and animal allies, synchronicity, intuition, and what it means to develop a spiritual practice that genuinely belongs to you.Debra is a Pagan author, eclectic solitary dirt witch, tarot reader, former Paganism instructor and longtime magical practitioner. Her work encourages those who are Pagan-curious to move beyond collecting individual practices and begin discovering what they're truly seeking from spirituality.But we're also asking the questions ParaTruthers want answered:Is magic real?Can deities actually communicate with us?What separates synchronicity from coincidence?Can tarot reveal information beyond ordinary perception?And how can someone tell the difference between intuition and imagination?Join Justin & Erik as belief meets evidence and curiosity takes us a little further down the Pagan path.Guest Bio: Debra DeAngelo is a garden variety Pagan and eclectic solitary dirt witch, with diverse spiritual interests and magical pursuits. She lives a Goddess/Nature-centric life in northern California with her husband, Joe, and their fatt catt Maxx.She has written three books for Llewellyn Worldwide, as well as feature stories and opinion pieces for Witches & Pagans and SageWoman magazines, and has self-published two anthologies. She taught beginning Paganism classes for University Magickus (an online paranormal/magical school) for more than two years. She continues to lead a monthly tarot study group, now in its tenth year, and reads tarot privately and at public events.Following a long career in print journalism as a managing editor and award-winning, syndicated opinion columnist, she now focuses on her massage practice, magical exploration, writing, and riding. A lifelong Horsey Girl, the heart of every day belongs to her four-legged bestie, Tino. She has two grown and deeply loved children, who continue to school her on parenting.She holds a Bachelor's degree in Psychology from the University of California at Davis, and is a graduate of Massage Therapy Institute in Davis, CA.For more information or to get in touch, visit her website debradeangelo.com, or find her on Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, Threads, and BlueSky.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/paratruth-reborn--6273542/support.